sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
periodic inspection; regular inspection
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
on the occasion of; at the time of
index; indices; indicator
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
medium; mediocrity; average
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
please; somehow or other; one way or another
council (deliberative, consultative); commission of inquiry (enquiry)
expert committee; technical committee
number of births (including stillbirths)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
increase and decrease; fluctuation
another prefecture; other prefectures
moving (to a new place); moving in; transfer (to a new school)
in the event that it did not (or does not) exist; without
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
per person; per capita; per head
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
wherein; therein; thereinto